CRISIS WORKER

Essential Duties and Functions

• Telephone Crisis Specific Duties including answering for the National Suicide Lifeline, screening incoming calls, providing appropriate telephone counseling, consultation, assessment and referral to needed services including Mobile and/or Residential Crisis Intervention services.
• Residential Crisis Specific Duties including but not limited to early walking, daily planning, meal preparation and clean-up, maintaining necessary scheduled appointments that have been approved by supervisory team member.
• Observe all scheduled and as needed (PRN) medication observations and assist as directed by Residential Nurse.
• Mobile Crisis Specific Duties including serving in a consultative and collaborative role with community personnel who are also involved in the provision of crisis services. *Mobile Crisis Services will be the primary responsibility*
• Working in the community, providing supportive mobile crisis intervention to children, adolescents and adults. Providing resources and support, diverting hospitalizations and police involvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with major course work in sociology, social work, psychology, gerontology, anthropology, political science, history, criminal justice, theology, nursing, counseling, education or a related field.
• Must have a high school diploma or equivalency and 12 semester credit hours in sociology, social welfare, psychology; gerontology; or other social sciences.
• 2 years of experience in public or private human services with one year of mental health direct care experience.

About the Role

This position is ON-SITE. Shift: PER-DIEM. Salary: 21.12 per hour.

Requirements

• Valid Drivers License
• Lifting Requirements: Medium - exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Physical Requirements

• Stand or Sit (stationary position)
• Walk
• Use hands or fingers to handle or feel (operate, activate, prepare, inspect, position)
• Climb (stairs/ladders)
• Talk/Hear (communicate, converse, convey, express/exchange information)
• See (detect, identify, recognize, inspect, assess)
• Pushing or Pulling
• Reaching (high or low)
• Kneel, Stoop, Crouch or Crawl (position self, move)

Company Information

Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterment.